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ing her some bread. The soldier demands payment and <strong>Ana</strong>stasia is forced to hand<br />
over her tiara. An officer intervenes and returns the tiara to <strong>Ana</strong>stasia. He dismisses the<br />
crowd, leaving <strong>Ana</strong>stasia alone with two guards. <strong>Ana</strong>stasia laments the bleak situation of<br />
her family, before retiring upstairs. Grabbing the bread, she inadvertently leaves her tiara<br />
behind.<br />
Newly promoted from within the ranks, Dimitry enters. He has arrived from Moscow and<br />
now carries an execution order for the Imperial Family. He dismisses his escorts and his<br />
distress becomes visible, even more so upon discovering the tiara that <strong>Ana</strong>stasia left<br />
behind.<br />
<strong>Ana</strong>stasia returns to retrieve her jewels and catches Dimitry off-guard. His happiness to see<br />
her is met only with <strong>Ana</strong>stasia’s cold anger. Dimitry implores her to listen — he wishes to<br />
talk to her. On seeing his pain she allows herself a brief moment of hope, and then realizes<br />
the futility of the situation that they are in. She turns away. Dejected, Dimitry lets his<br />
frustration show, realizing that he is the only one can help his childhood friend. Soldiers<br />
enter, awaiting their orders and a military official picks up the execution command.<br />
Dimitry is in charge of the operation.<br />
Upstairs Quarters<br />
The Imperial Family is told that the frontline of the civil war is rapidly approaching the city,<br />
and that they are to be moved. They gather for a short prayer. Dimitry and the soldiers<br />
enter and the Imperial Family exits with the soldiers. Dimitry seizes the opportunity by<br />
grabbing <strong>Ana</strong>stasia, holding her back. Desperate, he begs <strong>Ana</strong>stasia to listen to him. He<br />
shows her the execution order and pleads with her to save herself. She knows she may<br />
already be too late to help her family and — overwhelmed by panic and confusion — she<br />
breaks down. Dimitry knows he must move quickly. He disguises <strong>Ana</strong>stasia and hides her.<br />
He cuts his own arm to draw blood, and then throws open the window. He raises the alarm<br />
and the guards burst into the room – he indicates that <strong>Ana</strong>stasia has escaped through the<br />
open window. As the guards rush off, Dimitry grabs her from her hiding place and ushers<br />
her out of the room while pretending to join the search.<br />
Dimitry leads the search party but now he has a young soldier at his side. He dispatches the<br />
remaining troops so that only the young soldier remains. It is <strong>Ana</strong>stasia, and she is terrified.<br />
Leading her off, into the woods, they hear the sound of gunshots, and then it is silent.<br />
<strong>Ana</strong>stasia wildly tries to run towards them — she is frenzied, devastated. Dimitry must<br />
restrain her and he tries to settle her. The two realize the hopelessness of their situation,<br />
and they cling to each other for comfort before escaping further into the woods.<br />
The next morning, a nearby convent<br />
The two young lovers approach the convent gates. A nun comes out and watches a tearful<br />
farewell. She ushers <strong>Ana</strong>stasia into the sanctuary of the convent walls, but Dimitry is left<br />
alone at the convent gate. He sends a final prayer for <strong>Ana</strong>stasia’s safe keeping.<br />
Epilogue<br />
The woman ends her story, and closes the photograph album. The young girl’s eyes shine<br />
with amazement at the mystery of the story and she grabs the older woman’s hand.<br />
They sit down and the lady reaches into her shawl pocket to take out a tiara — which she<br />
gently places in the young girl’s hand.<br />
<strong>Ana</strong>stasia Cast (in order of appearance)<br />
OLDER LADY Heather Lumsden-Ruegg (20, 24, 26)<br />
Ayva Rossouw-Holland (18, 22)<br />
*ANASTASIA’S DAUGHTER<br />
Local Participant<br />
ANASTASIA Saniya Abilmajineva (18, 22)<br />
Hannah Mae Cruddas (20, 26)<br />
Taylor Gill (24)<br />
DIMITRY Daniel Da Silva (18, 22, 24)<br />
Hiroto Saito (20, 26)<br />
NURSE MAID<br />
Ayva Rossouw-Holland<br />
TSARITSA – ALEXANDRA FYORODOVNA Hannah Mae Cruddas (18, 22, 24)<br />
Taylor Gill (20, 26)<br />
ORTHODOX PRIEST<br />
Bengt Jörgen<br />
TATIANA Annelie Liliemark (18, 22)<br />
Heather Lumsden-Ruegg (20, 26)<br />
Momoka Matsui (24)<br />
YOUNG OFFICER<br />
Junior Gaspar Caballero<br />
REVOLUTIONARY AGITATOR Junior Gaspar Caballero (24)<br />
Adrián Ramírez-Juárez (20, 26)<br />
Hiroto Saito (18, 22)<br />
TSAR – NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA Adrián Ramírez-Juárez (18, 22, 24)<br />
Isaac Wright (20, 26)<br />
*BALLROOM ATTENDANTS<br />
Local Participants<br />
BOLSHEVIK OFFICER Leandro Prado (20, 26)<br />
Isaac Wright (18, 22, 24)<br />
DOCTOR<br />
Bengt Jörgen<br />
CHAMBER MAID Annelie Liliemark (20, 26)<br />
Heather Lumsden-Ruegg (18, 22, 24)<br />
NUN<br />
SOLDIERS, SERVANTS & WORKERS<br />
* Local Participant Role<br />
Casting subject to change<br />
Akari Fujiwara<br />
Members of the Company & Local Participants<br />
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